I suspect nick62 that your daughter would prefer one of the other options should her auditions be successful. If these other auditions fall outside the 30 day window then you are in a cleft stick. I would examine the contract very carefully and the wording of the clauses. Maybe you have a legal eagle in the family. I believe that 6th form is still part of government funded full time education, so I see no clause that could legally bind you to a certain establishment. I have heard that people readily change schools and colleges to suit their circumstances. I understand your motives and your desire to see her have the best education, but would this particular 6th form make a difference to her prospects if she continued to university? Would the prefered option open more doors later on? The choice is yours so good luck with your decision. If there is no binding clause I would accept and then decline later if a better offer comes through. These colleges are usually fighting each other for 'bums on seats' so don't be too worried about the affect of your decision.

Cheers Concrete

Take heart nick. My son is the same, IQ in the highest level, sailed his degree, but still a nice guy with his feet firmly on the ground with a lovely wife and excellent friends. We put that down to his common sense upbringing. The eldest girl did not wish to go to university, although very clever, just in a different way. She has excelled at two careers before finally joining the police and really enjoying a great career now. I remember at her initial training course, she was among the eldest, most of the younger ones had a degree of some sort but very little in the way of common sense or general awareness. She left them for dead academically and physically too as she progressed through the course. It is a shame that through this inept policy in pursuit of degree level candidates for just about anything, that the degree has now been devalued anyway. Just the opposite of what was intended. We just taught ours to use the brain they were given and we always played cards, board games and sports as a recreation and development tool. It seemed to work for us. The new joke is: What is the next thing you say after someone has told you they have a degree?

Can I have fries with that order!!! Shame but true.

I always remember my old night school lecturer who insisted there was a large printed sign on the wall next to the blackboard, which read.....

Just because you are clever doesn't stop you being a fool!!!!!

If you have put in the right stuff you and yours will get the right result.

Cheers Concrete